Adjustable hose-nozzle.



No. 864,919. PATENTBD SEPT.. 3), 1907. O. R. ROSS. ADJUSTABLE HOSE NOZZLB.

APPLICATION PILED AUG. 24. 1906.

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G. R. ROSS.

ADJUSTABLE HOSE NOZZLB.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 24. 1906.

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CHARLES R. ROSS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSI-GNOR OF ONEJlIIIRD TO ADA E. STREETER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

ADJUSTABLE HOSE-NOZZLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. Ross, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county oi Jackson and State oi Missouri, have invented certain new and useiul Improvements in Adjustable I-Iose-Vozzles, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in adjustable nozzles, and relates more particularly to that style used in connection with iire hose.

My object is to provide an adjustable nozzle, so that the water in flowing therethrough may be discharged either in a central stream, or in the form oi spray; or, when desired, the nozzle may be adjusted to discharge the water in a central stream and in the form of spray at the same time.

The invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l represents a longitudinal section taken on line I of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section taken on line II of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a plan view oi the nozzle with its tip removed. Fig. 4 is a side elevation o1?` a l valve case, iorming part oi the invention. Fig. 5. is a transverse section of same taken on line V V of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a transverse section taken on line VI VI.

In carrying out the invention, I employ a tubular stem l having a bell shaped rear terminal 2, provided with internal screw threads 3 i'or the reception of the hose coupling not shown. 5 designates a ring swiveled upon said bell-shaped terminal and provided with a pair oi oppositely disposed loops 6, this said ring being held in position by a wire band 7 tting in registering grooves in the ring and the bell-shaped terminal. The forward end of stem l is provided with a marginal ilange 8, having bevel gear teeth 9 extending around about one-quarter oi its circumierence.

l0 designates a valve casing threaded at its rear end for the reception oi a packing nut ll, having a lknurled annular shoulder l2 whereby said packing nut may be adjusted.

13 designates an annular clamping nut engaging internal threads in the rear end oi the valve casing and adjusted against the rear side of flange 8, in order to hold teeth 9 in mesh with the teeth oi bevel gear lll.

l5 designates an annular bushing which is forced by the clamping nut against a packing ring IG, interposed between the bushing and nut 13 for the purpose oi forming a water tight joint between the iorward end oi the stem and the rear end ofthe casing l0, which latter is swiveled upon the stem.

One side of casing l0 is provided with an opening oi regulating to a certain extent .the flow oi water4 through the nozzle. Plug I8 is provided with trun nions I9 journaled in disk I7 and in a hearing 20 which latter projects inward irom one side oi the casing.4

Bevel gear I4 above referred to7 is fixed upon one ol1 said trunnions, as shown more clearly in Fig. l.

Plug I8 is provided with a centrally-disposed port 2l, extending diametrically there through and adapted to communicate with a bushing 22, provided at its rear terminal with a plug seat 23 and bearing at its lorward end against a packing ring 24. Packing ring 24 also contacts with the forward end of casing l0, it being held in position by a removable tip 25, screwed upon the reduced forward end of said casing. Tip 25 is provided at its enlarged rear end with a marginal ilange 26, having a beveled under surface lor the purpose oi assisting in converting the stream into a spray, as hereinafter more l'ully described.

27 designates a sleeve having internal threads at its rear end which adjustably engage external threads 28 on casing l0, so that a packing ring 29, carried in the forward end oi the sleeve may be forced into contact with the beveled side oi flange 26 or withdrawn therefrom by turning the sleeve in the proper direction, said sleeve being provided with a knurled, peripheral shoulder 30, which forms a convenient grip for the operator.

The lorward terminal 3l oi sleeve 27 ilares outwardly and is slightly larger in diameter than iiange 26, so that when the sleeve is adjusted rearwardly to leave an opening between said flange and packing 29, the spray will be discharged irom said opening in iunnel form.

The lforward end olcasing l0 is provided with ports 32 to establish communication between the sleeve 27 and the interior oi said casing outside its bushing 22.

When it is desired to have the water discharge in a central stream, sleeve 27 is adjusted lorwardly, until packing 29 is forced into contact with lange26, thus cutting oil the iiow oi water between said packing and the flange. Casing l0 is then turned until the intermeshing gear teeth bring the port 2l of the ball plug 1S into alinement with bushing 22 so that the water may pass therethrough and be discharged from tip 25. Ii desired, part ol' the stream may be converted into spray by adjusting the sleeve 27 backward, so that a portion of the water which iiows around plug 18 and bushing, may pass through ports 32 and escape between packing 29 and iiange 26. Should it be desirable to cut oft' the central stream, this may be instantly done by turning the valve casing until ball plug i8 is Closed, without affecting the discharge oi spray around [lange 26.

32/ designates a packing ring interposed between the forward portion of casing l0 and sleeve 27 to prevent a portion oi the water from escaping around threads 28, said packing being held in position by a clamping nut 33.

When the casing is turned, the tubular stein, of course7 will be held stationary by the hose, so that teeth 9 will cause the bevel gear 14 to rotate.

By providing a swiveled ring 5 with loops G, straps may be attached to the latter to afford Convenient grips, so that, should the hose be twisted when the water is turned on, the tubular steni l niay turn therewith without alleeting the grip upon the straps; hence one inan inay Control the nozzle, whereas it requires l'rom two to three inen to hold the ordinary nozzle.

seam@ Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isz- In a nozzle, the combination with a tubular casing having an opening in one side and a bearing projecting inward from the other side, an axial bushing in the casing having a plug seat at its lower end, an adjustable sleeve surrounding the casing, and a flange on the casing against which said sleeve may be closed; of a disk removably tting the opening in the casing and itself having a bearing, a ball-plug of less external diameter than the interior of the casing, trunnions on the plug,r engaging said bearings, a bevel-gear fast on the trunnion adjacent said disk, a stein swiveled to the casing below and out of contact with the plug, and teeth on the steln engaging said bevel-gear.

In testimony whereof l ailix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES R. ROSS.

Witnesses F. G. FISCHER, WM. A. LINGLE. 

